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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Style the Image Captions

Posted by Nicole Wolcott
Nicole Wolcott
897 Points

Unable to change the color for a <p> link to light grey. I re-checked the syntax and code specifics to no avail.

Below is the code I used in main css. 

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

I also made sure that this "link color" was in the proper cascading position. I even moved this code around to see if it was over riding, but it isn't. 

/* links */
a {
  color: #6aa47c;
}

I am sure it is obvious, I welcome someone pointing out the obvious. Thank you

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

fixed code formatting

1 Answer

Bryan Peters
Bryan Peters
11,996 Points
Bryan Peters
Bryan Peters
11,996 Points

You are missing a semicolon between em and color.

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

changed from comment to answer

Nicole Wolcott
Nicole Wolcott
897 Points

Thank you so much. It is both maddening and heartening that it was obvious. I am learning to be more careful.